San Antonio Homeowner Alleges Scam As She Pays $10K In Failed Attempt To Save Home From Foreclosure

In San Antonio, Texas, WOIA-TV Channel 4 reports on a local homeowner facing foreclosure who allegedly was scammed out of $10,000 by a woman with a history of approaching cash strapped individuals with offers to save their homes.

• [Homeowner Janie] Anderson had gotten a letter from Rosie Divins saying she could help them keep their home. The letter said the Anderson family didn't have to go into foreclosure. Divins claimed she had a way to save their home. Janie Anderson and her husband owed the mortgage company $3,600 dollars.

• But, in the end, they wound up giving Divins $10,000. [...] Eventually, the bank foreclosed and Anderson and her husband had to get out.

• The News 4 Trouble Shooters found out Janie Anderson is not alone. According to bankruptcy court records at the federal courthouse, at least two other families say Divins did the same thing to them. They claim she charged them thousands of dollars, but they still lost their homes.

• This, despite the fact, that a judge told her in 2000 to stop offering people help. [...] The judge said Divins was charging an excessive fee and providing legal services without a law license.

For more, see Family Loses Home and Blames Local Businesswoman.